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Chromite flour

Premium-quality chromite delivers benefits across a range of applications including foundry, ceramics, glass and brake linings.

– Chrome oxide is the only stable oxide of chromium metal and can be used at all temperatures to 1200C.

-Chromite is a “fast” color, meaning it produces its characteristic green in slow or fast and oxidizing or reducing firing. It is also used in paints, dyes and brick production.

-Chromite is used in the glass industry to make green glass (up to 1%).

– Amounts up to 3% in a glaze recipe gives grayish green coloration.

-Zircon opacifier 1-2% is often added to chrome glazes to stabilize them and prevent brown edges.

-Chrome oxide can be used as a body stain in amounts to 5% to give gray-green.

-Drab chrome greens can be moved toward peacock green with the addition of cobalt oxide (1% each gives bright color). This works in boron and soda glazes.

-Chromium oxide is added to enamels for green where borax and zinc are used to increase the brilliance of the color.

Chromite flour

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